Morning journal and courier., 1887-05-23
A WEALTHY GIRLS FOLLY.
She EloPes With Her Fathers Colore0 Coachman Who Deserts His Wife.

She EloPes With Her Fathers Co1ored Coachman Who Deserts His Wife GLENDoNvILLE, Pa, May 22.-James Bar clay Wesner is the oldest and wealthiest resi- dent of this town. With his wife and one
 child, Ida, a beautiful and accomplished girl
 Of twenty, he occupied the handsomest ana
 most elegantly furnished residence in Glen
 donville. In the rear of the beautiful grounds
 surrounding their home stands modest
 looking two story brick building, which was occupied by Bill Thompson, a negro, who was employed as gardener and hostler by MT.
 Wesner. Thompson is about thiIty-tour years of age and married, but never had any children. He was we'll educated, pleasing talker and had an inexhaustible store or Wlt and interesting stories about his colored brethren, and although of g most ungalnly appearance he was well thought of in the community. Mir. Wesner had been away for the past week, and on Thursday morning his wife received word to have Thompson meet him at the depot on the arrival of the noon Thompson began to get tEe horses ready, when Mrs. Wesner interfered, saying it was too early. Then it was learned that Ida had previously expressed a desire to start an hour or two earlier that she might have drive through the country before going to the depot. As every wish of the girl was gratifed, this was no exception, and an hour later they drove away. Several days prior to this the girl had secretly taken from her wardrobe some of her best clothing and deposited them in house midway between i 4la after they left the Wesner mansion they drew up at this house, took the packages, and drove to the depot just in time to catch the next western-bound train. Before the train started Thompson asked a bystander to look out for the team until he or Mr. Wesner came for it. Precisely at 4 o'clock Mr. Wesner arrived and saw the team, and after five or ten minutes impa- tient waiting for Thompson, who he SUD- posed was somewhere in the neighborhood, he jumped in and drove home without him. As Mir. Wesner drove up to the house his wife saw that he was alone and the terrible suspicion of an accident or elopement quickly dawned upon her. She rushed to the gate, flung herself into her husbands arms and exclaimed, "Where's Ida?' MT. Wesner was as yet in total ignorance of everything and maintained his usual eomposure until he learned what the trouble was. Then, after hearing what his wife suspected, he hurried to his daughters room to see if anything had been removed. In 8 conspicuous place on the marble slab of the bureau lay the follow ing letter:
 THURSDAY NooN.
 Dearest Mamma: Ere you have the slightest in timation of my conduct, or what I am fully con wife of William Thompson, and so far away from my once happy home that all efforts you and dear papa may make to reach me will be in vain That nave now and forever forfeited that parental afec tion which was so lavishly bestowed on me ever and always, that I have made the home of my eofoG and WHICH InoW always gave is true, but my passion was no longer att ompt to mention any circumstances that would in degree palliate my conduct, for that is inn whatever that will be, let me say am not wholly to blame Thompson had an irresistible power over me. which even now cannot explain was happy at his command. he proposed elopement ana mar riage. My conscience strongly reproached me. but consented. The pIans were arranged week ago, and will be successfully carried out today. The quickly realized by you. and you may ask. s'Did not know Thompson was already mar You also +n might ba the .peTs %a from him?'' These questions are now too late. I was powerless to prevent what is too late to be undone. Good. .by-forever good-by. Yorr affec- tionate and perhaps unfortunate IDA.
 It is impossible to describe the feelings of the unhappy parents as they gazed on the written acknowledgement of their only childs ruin and disgrace, and in company with friends they started in hot haste to the sta ton and boarded west-bound train, tele- graphing inquiries ahead, but no trace of them has yet been found. Thompson's wife will be cared for by the Wesners.